Car-door apparatus.



PATENTED MAY 8,1906

J. SHAFPER.

GAR DOOR APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 0015,1905.

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WITNESSES.

A10. 820,02Q. PATENTEDMAY s, 1906.

J.SHAPFER. GAR DOOR APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED 0015,1905. I

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UNiTEn STATES PATENT carton.

JOHN SHAFFER, OF FORBES ROAD, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAR-DOQR APPARATUS.

No. 890,020. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1906.

Application filed October 6, 1905. Serial No. 281,416-

the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- I scription thereof,

M invention relates to car-door apparatus, its object being to provideload-retaining devices in the ordinary freight or cattle car which willenable the same to carry loads in bulk, such as loads of coal or coke.usual custom in carrying loads of this character in such cars has beento close the doors or 1portions thereof with regular board strips na' edin lace, and where these cars were used for 'iferent purposes suchstrips of course became loose, while they involved considerable laborand trouble in their use. By the present invention I provide load-retaining meansextending across the car-door which can be secured out ofthe way when the car is used for regular freight or like purposes, butcan quickly be brought into position for use when needed. 3

To this end the invention consists, generally stated, in the combinationwith the cardoor of vertical guideways at each side thereof and a seriesof bars mounted to slide in these guideways and adapted to extend acrossinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section illustrating differentforms of guideways and the different uses of the load-retaining ;bars.Fig. 3 is a horizontal section illustrating one form of guideway. Fig. 4is a like view illustrating another form of guideway and bar, and Figs.5 and 6 are detail perspective views showing the same and the manner inwhich the cross-bars are held within the guideways and can be removedtherefrom.

.The car illustrated is an ordinary freight- The 'ed therewith is thecar having the door-opening 1, closed by the ordinary sliding door 2,mounted outside of the car-body. Within the car-body and ex tendingupwardly along each side of the passage-way are the guideways 3, theseguideways being shown as extending for the full i height of thedoor-opening and then curving around and extending up under the roof 4,as at 5,forming a continuous guideway from the central portion of theroof to the car-floor. Mounted in said guideways are the crossbars 6,these cross-bars being made separate and each bar being mounted in theguideways so that when in use they may form a solid load-retaining wallacega s the base of the door spelling, as shown td the right in Fig. 2,such as for retaining a load in bulk, like coal or earth, or that theymay be spaced apart, as shown in Fig. 1 and to the left in Fig. 2, forretaining a lighter load, such as a load, of coke, where the loadextends up near the-car roof and is formed of large pieces which can beproperly held by means of an open strip load-retaining device. Anysuitable guide connection between the bars and the guideways may beemployed. I have illustrated the invention in two forms. To the left ofFig. 2 and in Figs 3 and 5 are shown each guideway formed of an angularpiece 7, secured on the inside of the doorpost, and a flat strip 8,extending over the lateral angle portion 9 of the strip 7, such flatstrip being shown as supported on the vertical bar 10. In such case thecross-bars 6 are provided with angular end portions 1 1, fitting betweenthe angle-bars 7 and the strips 8, the angular end portion having thelip 12, extending back of the lateral rib 9 of the strip 7. The angularend portion 7 extends out from the socket portion 13, and the bar isguided in its course y fittlng around the lateral Ill) 9, while it isheld in place by the outer plate 8 of the guide way.

- In the guideway shown to the right of Fig. 2 and in Figs. 4 and 6 theguideway is formed of a Zshaped plate 14', one face of which is attachedto the door-post 15, while connectaterally-proj ecting rib portion 16,and beyond the same the longitudinally-projecting rib portion 17. Thecrossbar 6 has a return angle portion 18 at its end, having a shoulder19 traveling along the inner face of the lateral rib portion 16, andbeyond the same the projecting portion 20, ex-

tending past the rib portion 17 and connect- IOO IIO

- easy reach at any ing to the hook 21, which extends past said ribportion and-back of the same and holds the cross-bar within theguideway.

As shown in Fig. 2, any suitable holding means in the upper section 5 ofthe guideways may be employed to hold the load-retaining bars withinsaid up er section when they are not in use, such as the hooks 23. Byreleasing them from this hook the bars will slide down from the guideportions 5 into the guide portions 3 of the guideways, and they mayeither be arranged in contact with each other to form a solidload-retaining device in the lowe'r portion of the car-body or spacedapart such as to hold a load of coke or like material, the cross-barsbeing thus within time though entirely out of the way when not-needed.

In case the cross-bars become broken, as is liable under-the strain towhich they are subj ected, and itis desired to replace them provisionismade for this by interrupting the guideways, such as bymeans of anotch24 Within the plate 80f the guideway, shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and aremovable cover-- giiece fitted over said notch. To remove one of thebars, this cover-piece is loosened or re moved when it will permit theangular end portion of the cross-bar to pass out of the notch 24. In thelateral-rib portion 9 of the guideway in the opposite side is-ja likenotch 26, permitting the withdrawal of the angle portion at the otherend of the cross-bar through the guide. In the form of guideways shownin Figs. 4 and 6 a like notch 27 is formed in the portion 17 of theguideway through which the hook portion 21 of the cross-bar may bewithdrawn. 7 cross-bar within the guideway at this place, thecover-piece 28 is employed, that piece. having the inwardly-projectingangle 29 covering the notch 27 and preventing the withways.

To hold the drawal of the hooked end 21 through said notch. I alsoemploy opposite to said notch the'angle-piece 30 to prevent the hookedportion from drawing intosaid notch 27 as the cross-bar travels past thesame.

By the above apparatus means are provided for retaining the loadv incars of this character, which are simple and While ready at hand for usedo not in any way interfere withv the regular loads carried by the car.

What I claim is Y 1. The combination with a car having a door-opening,of a vertical guideway at each side of said opening, each guidewayhaving a rib projecting from the car side and transversely thereto, anda web extending'parallel to the car side and spaced therefrom, and aseries of unconnected bars extending across the door-opening and havingend portions which reject into the spaces between'the parallei webs ofthe guideways and the car sides, said end portions being provided attheir ends with angle portions extending transversely of the car andlying beyond the transversely-projecting ribs of the guide- 2. Thecombination with a car having a door-opening, ofa' vertical guideway ateach side thereof, said guideways being formed of Z-shaped bars havingone flange secured to the car side and the'other flange projecting awayfrom the door-opening, and a series of unconnected bars extending acrossthe dooropcning and having hooked end portions engaging with theoutwardly-projectingflange of the guide-bars and sliding thereon.

In testimony whereof I, 'the said Jonas SHAFFEn, have hereunto set myhand.

JOHN SHAFFEF Witnesses:

ROBERT C. Torrnn, G. C.'RAYMOND.

